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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:15 PM Original message |
Anthony Weiner just said that a trigger might be able to pass on MSNBC. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That was the CURRENT bill in the house, that the progressive caucus supports. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Does the bill say it is closed to people who HAD employer based HC but have been laid off? |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. So then how the hell does it offer any competition? |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. It doesn't |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. maybe that was the whole idea. Just phase it in, get people used to it |
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RDANGELO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Interesting. n/t |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Reminds me a little of J.M. Keynes great remark. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't he pushing HR 676 |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. He supports HR676 (as do most here), but the question was whether the Snowe trigger compromose |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Thanks for the clarification |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. He knows that HR 676 doesn't have anywhere enough votes to pass |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Maybe not |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. He is just showboating to increase his liberal creds. He knows the bill is going nowhere |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. What the hell is he talking about? Pelosi and most in the House support a robust public option |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The question was, if the choice was the Snowe trigger-compromise or nothing |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. He is saying that |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. I Just Learned That Too - That Even If We Get Health Care Reform Passed This Year That ....... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. That's not true, a date hasn't been finalized. Even the Finance bill |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Separate State plans? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's Baucus, what do you expect? n/t |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. He definately did say that a trigger might be able to pass Congress. |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. But I Think He Meant This Trigger...... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. The problem is what would be acceptable to cons in a trigger? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. If the insurance leeches are so trustworthy and triggers sound so reasonable |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. It seems it's the CorpMedia that's interested in "the trigger." |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The CorpMedia is interested because the Whitehouse is interested. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. DESTROY WEINER!!! BREAK OUT THE KIDDY PR0N ALLEGATIONS!!! |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Gezus Christ...I am SOOO Glad to Be Canadian.... |
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kjackson227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Bingo! |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I'm happy you're Canadian too. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. You're sooooo lucky it's cold up there --- but keep your eyes open cause this |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. If Weiner is saying that, the public option is dead |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. He was quoted a hair out of context |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Yes, there was surrounding context, but I was listening distinctly for something like this |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Well, I guess that tells us how effective a trigger would be...if some Repubs |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. Pointless... |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. "Wouldn't achieve Obama's objective of cutting costs" - Then WTF is the point? nt |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Universal access. n/t |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. How many Americans will die for lack of health care in the meantime? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. So we're looking at a 2018 start-up date for a weak public option at best. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. MEDICARE FOR ALL can start immediately . . . let's stop pretending we're reinventing the wheel--!! |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. As much as that sounds great, that isn't on the table at all. At all. Too bad. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Let's work to get MEDICARE FOR ALL on the table . . . let's get a new table -- !!! |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. I can't f&*%ing wait until 2013, and neither can my husband!! |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. PO in current bill wouldn't take effect until 2018?? |
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